Safe Path is Not Always the Right Path

Do all of us not calculate what is right and what is wrong before deciding our career or vocation? In deciding what is right we are guided by what is safe option for us. But while we are engaged in our vocations, we become bored and exhausted. Our heart does not support us. In deciding the safe option, we are often guided by monetary considerations. But ultimately, we realise what is safe is not always the right path. The vocation that is enjoyable and supported by heart should be chosen. So first of all, we must count upon the fact that safe path is not always safe and it is not always right. So, to decide upon the next step., we must take into consideration the following factors: –

Listen to your body: – We are most often guided in our decisions but our mind, not our body. But it has been seen for long that bodies can guide us better than minds. Bodies often signal to us what can be right for us and what wrong.
Stop listening to your thought: – Brains are supposed to guide persons through reasons and calculations. But most often our decisions are based on our anxiety and fear psychosis. Our insecurities about money, our apprehensions about other people’s reactions, etc. also influence our brains to make decisions. Thus, unless we can stay away from these fear-ridden decisions we are likely to go wrong by rejecting what we actually want.
Do it a little a time: – Long association with a career, relationships and financial situations often create monotony in our life. The mind feels crushed. Therefore, we should be engaged in other works if that feels good. If we do a thing a little at a time, this will enliven us and refresh our mind.
Never buy into the idea that the safe way is the right way: – We are often guided by security, certainly and financial aspects of any new job or even relationship. In fact, we tend to be calculative and mechanical. We ascribe greater importance to what the society feels about any job or even relationship. In fact, we are often trapped in our own calculations. But as the time goes by, we understand that what seemed to be the safe option is not the right option. The mind then begins to revolt and the body becomes exhausted.

Therefore, more than anything else we must be guided by our hearts and minds. Otherwise, we are bound to be fatigued and depressed.

In short, we should be flexible. Rigidity should be avoided. We must not neglect the call of our heart when we are faced with a situation in which the safe option does not prove to be a right option, we have to renounce that option and embrace that option which the heart and mind support. This may seem to be a revolutionary idea and face societal opposition. But we have to see that we are satisfied, glad and enjoying the situation. Otherwise the crushing depressions may mar what we considered the safe and so the right path. If our heart feels choked and revolts, we must find out a newer and more enjoyable option. In short, we must do what is good for us and that should be decided by us, not others. In fact, we can decide what is right for us, though others may not agree with us. In this way we can enjoy our life to the fullest. So now you know the trick.